There were at least some attempts made by the Americans to seem to work with Nigerian officials to make the visit hitch-free. Clinton’s visit left behind a lot of ruffled feathers. Even the media were not spared, as she did not even bother to wave the press corps goodbye, let alone stop briefly for a perfunctory chat.

The eze ndi Igbo institution has not solved the problem it set out to do. Rather, it has become a source of further division as anybody who has the means and supporters can announce himself as one in any city. And this is causing irritation among the owners of the land where these “foreign”, artificial monarchs are engaged in chieftaincy tussles. Some are afraid that some day, these upstart “traditional rulers” might start laying claim to things to which they are not entitled, as experience has shown.

By Ochereome Nnanna I AM amazed. I am disgusted. Somebody get me a bowl. I want to throw up. A group of Nigerians, under the pretext of propagating their own brand of the well respected religion of Islam, went on a killing spree without apparent provocation. They attacked police stations and slaughtered policemen on lawful […]

When he arrives in Owerri, he hops into a motorcycle taxi (Okada) and then he walks into his house. He does not insist that the luxury bus or plane he travelled from Lagos with must drive him into his bedroom, since that may not be practically possible.

Reports have it that these state helmsmen cultivated a close tie as a result of frequently sitting close together at governors’ forums (T. A. is always flanked on the left by his Adamawa peer and on the right by his Zamfara colleague due to the alphabetical order of sitting).